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SUMMARY:Beyond Words Book Club
LOCATION:Hoover Public Library\nHoover Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:Share your passion for reading with others! .\nhttps://hoover.
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Monica Tsai spends most days on her comput
 er\, journaling the details of her ordinary life and coding for a program 
 that seeks to connect strangers online. A self-proclaimed recluse\, she's 
 always struggled to make friends and\, as a college freshman\, finds herse
 lf escaping into a digital world\, counting the days until she can return 
 home to her beloved grandparents. They are now in their nineties\, and Mon
 ica worries about them constantly&mdash\;especially her grandmother\, Yun\
 , who survived two wars in China before coming to the States\, and whose m
 emory has begun to fade.&nbsp\;<br />&nbsp\;<br />Though Yun rarely speaks
  of her past\, Monica is determined to find the long-lost cousin she was s
 eparated from years ago. One day\, the very program Monica is helping to b
 uild connects her to a young woman\, whose gift of a single pencil holds a
  surprising clue. Monica&rsquo\;s discovery of a hidden family history is 
 exquisitely braided with Yun&rsquo\;s own memories as she writes of her ye
 ars in Shanghai\, working at the Phoenix Pencil Company. As WWII rages out
 side their door\, Yun and her cousin\, Meng\, learn of a special power the
  women in their family possess: the ability to Reforge a pencil&rsquo\;s w
 ords. But when the government uncovers their secret\, they are forced into
  a life of espionage\, betraying other people&rsquo\;s stories to survive.
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